Dad accused of hurting his infant son wanted to get out of jail for 'one last visit' before baby died: Authorities

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Dad charged with baby's murder

Background: Wesley Medical Center successful Wichita, Kan. (Google Maps). Inset (left): Devin Bemis (Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office). Inset (right): Grayson Bemis (Downing & Lahey Mortuaries).

A Kansas antheral is charged with the execution of 1 of his duplicate baby boys, months aft helium was accused of abusing some of his sons.

Devin Bemis, 33, was charged with execution successful transportation with the decease of his son, 5-month-old Grayson Bemis. According to online tribunal records, an amended transgression ailment was filed connected May 20 with the caller charge, which stems from Bemis' apprehension connected Jan. 26 aft helium was accused of abusing Grayson and his duplicate member Elijah. The babies were 2 months aged astatine the time.

Grayson died arsenic a effect of his injuries connected April 26.

According to tribunal documents obtained by section ABC affiliate KAKE, constabulary arrived astatine Bemis' location connected Jan. 21 astir 1:30 p.m. successful effect to a telephone astir an unresponsive 2-month-old child. First responders performed CPR connected Grayson, who was reported to beryllium successful highly captious condition. He was aboriginal upgraded to captious condition.

Days later, Bemis was accused by constabulary of causing "great bodily harm, abusive caput trauma, imperishable disablement oregon disfigurement" to his then-2-month-old son. He was besides accused of abusing Elijah. Bemis was charged with 2 counts of kid maltreatment and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail connected $1 cardinal bond. In February, his enslaved was reduced to $400,000. He remains successful custody.

Three months aft his arrest, KAKE reported that a justice denied Bemis' petition to permission jailhouse to person "one past sojourn astatine Wesley Medical Center" connected April 24. Grayson died 2 days aft that petition was denied.

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On May 20, an amended transgression ailment was filed to see a complaint of first-degree execution successful transportation with Grayson's death. Online jailhouse records did not bespeak the charge.

Bemis is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected June 12.

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